Perspective: Gender as a Health Determinant and Implications for Health Education
| Autor: | Karina W. Davidson, Kimberlee J. Trudeau, Susan Kirkland, Erica van Roosmalen, Miriam Stewart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Public policy Developmental psychology Health promotion Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Intervention (counseling) medicine Health education Sociology Construct (philosophy) Health policy Sex characteristics |
| Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior. 33:731-743 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
| Popis: | Gender is a health determinant, but gender itself is influenced, in part, by biological and psychological variables. Understanding gender's influence on health therefore requires an understanding of the determinants of the construct gender. A review of certain gender determinants is presented. The authors consider the modifiability of these determinants and present recommendations about which of these determinants should be targeted for health promotion and policy creation activities. In concluding, they argue that gender is a multidetermined construct that encompasses many factors that may be modifiable through intervention, and consideration of all of these factors should be vigorously pursued. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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